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Question #1
World War I
A.
none of the answers
B.
was a war of attrition that had no justified reason for occurring nor clear winners.
C.
did not involve the United States of America.
D.
is mislabeled for it was a small short war.
Question #2
What does Owens call “The old lie” in his poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est”?
A.
in death there is honor.
B.
war makes cowards of us all.
C.
none of the answers
D.
Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori… It is fitting and proper to die for one’s country.
Question #3
T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland” presents
A.
All of the answers are correct.
B.
the themes of loss and a hope for redemption.
C.
a poem structured like a collection of individual poems
D.
the death of Western civilization as evidenced by The Great War.
Question #4
The art of George Grosz
A.
glorifies the trench warfare that World War I consisted of.
B.
applauds the German military and its government.
C.
is an imaginative blend of social criticism and social satire through caricatures.
D.
none of the answers
Question #5
The Great Depression
A.
created a movement of art that focused on an alternate utopian reality.
B.
inspired literary and visual art that described economic oppression and misery.
C.
is a time period when a large portion of the world was diagnosed with depression by Sigmund Freud.
D.
none of the answers
Question #6
Diego Rivera is known for
A.
paintings that glorify the elite of Mexican society.
B.
none of the answers
C.
murals that capture the vitality and futility of the Mexican Revolution that involved the active participation of peasants and urban workers.
D.
art that is abstract and aloof.
Question #7
Heller’s novel Catch 22
A.
details WWII in the same epic and heroic fashion of the Greek classics.
B.
demonstrates the benefits of the massive war effort created for WWII.
C.
is a clear example of the use of gallow’s humor in the service of satire.
D.
none of the answers
Question #8
Wiesel’s memoir Night
A.
is a surrealistic retelling of one man’s dreams.
B.
is an epic poem that was written as a response to T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Wasteland.”
C.
depicts his terrifying experiences as Jew in Nazi Germany.
D.
none of the answers
Question #9
Picasso’s masterpiece Guernica
A.
captures the grim brutality and suffering of the wartime era during the Spanish Civil War.
B.
All of the answers are correct.
C.
is a political response to the tragedy that occurred in the small pueblo of Guernica, Spain perpetrated by the German air force on behalf of the Fascist dictator Franco.
D.
distills the imagery and language that he created with cubism to place a spotlight on the barbarism of modern warfare.
Question #10
Leni Riefenstahl was a talented German filmmaker
A.
was a woman
B.
All of the answers are correct.
C.
who used her talents in the service of German propaganda.
D.
created film images that are still widely and commonly used today in films about heroes and in televised sports programs.
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